Amanda Frost
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But he hadn't been for several years, and he was in a strange new community working. It must have been a lonely and isolating time for him there, too. We also know from a picture where he's wearing sort of a smock and his hair is standing up on end. And you realize that he probably didn't have a lot of opportunities to shower.
But he hadn't been for several years, and he was in a strange new community working. It must have been a lonely and isolating time for him there, too. We also know from a picture where he's wearing sort of a smock and his hair is standing up on end. And you realize that he probably didn't have a lot of opportunities to shower.
He was working probably hot, difficult, hard jobs as a chef in a kitchen. So that gave you a sense, too, of the hardships of his life. He lived in the United States until he was about 20, when he went back to China because he wanted to find a wife. He wanted to get married.
He was working probably hot, difficult, hard jobs as a chef in a kitchen. So that gave you a sense, too, of the hardships of his life. He lived in the United States until he was about 20, when he went back to China because he wanted to find a wife. He wanted to get married.
He was working probably hot, difficult, hard jobs as a chef in a kitchen. So that gave you a sense, too, of the hardships of his life. He lived in the United States until he was about 20, when he went back to China because he wanted to find a wife. He wanted to get married.
So he really had no choice but to go back to China and get married. And indeed he did. He went back and married a woman named Yi Shi, who was about 17 years old. And he got married to her, and she moved in with his mother and brother in Ongxing Village in Guangdong Province in China.
So he really had no choice but to go back to China and get married. And indeed he did. He went back and married a woman named Yi Shi, who was about 17 years old. And he got married to her, and she moved in with his mother and brother in Ongxing Village in Guangdong Province in China.
So he really had no choice but to go back to China and get married. And indeed he did. He went back and married a woman named Yi Shi, who was about 17 years old. And he got married to her, and she moved in with his mother and brother in Ongxing Village in Guangdong Province in China.
I'm sure he thought it would go smoothly because he'd landed back in the U.S. twice before, once in the last five years, and he'd been admitted as a U.S. citizen.
I'm sure he thought it would go smoothly because he'd landed back in the U.S. twice before, once in the last five years, and he'd been admitted as a U.S. citizen.
I'm sure he thought it would go smoothly because he'd landed back in the U.S. twice before, once in the last five years, and he'd been admitted as a U.S. citizen.
And they basically claimed that if your parents were not citizens, that even if you were born in the U.S., you were not a citizen of the United States and you could be barred entry or deported from the United States.
And they basically claimed that if your parents were not citizens, that even if you were born in the U.S., you were not a citizen of the United States and you could be barred entry or deported from the United States.
And they basically claimed that if your parents were not citizens, that even if you were born in the U.S., you were not a citizen of the United States and you could be barred entry or deported from the United States.
So I'm guessing they had lots of contacts and networks who were aware of who was coming in and what was happening on those steamships. The group was known colloquially as the Chinese Six Companies.
So I'm guessing they had lots of contacts and networks who were aware of who was coming in and what was happening on those steamships. The group was known colloquially as the Chinese Six Companies.
So I'm guessing they had lots of contacts and networks who were aware of who was coming in and what was happening on those steamships. The group was known colloquially as the Chinese Six Companies.
It was a group of representatives from all the different regions of China who were immigrants to the U.S., living in the U.S., who had made it in the United States. They had some money, they had some resources. And when the Chinese Exclusion Act went into effect, they mobilized. And they said, we are going to fight back.
It was a group of representatives from all the different regions of China who were immigrants to the U.S., living in the U.S., who had made it in the United States. They had some money, they had some resources. And when the Chinese Exclusion Act went into effect, they mobilized. And they said, we are going to fight back.
It was a group of representatives from all the different regions of China who were immigrants to the U.S., living in the U.S., who had made it in the United States. They had some money, they had some resources. And when the Chinese Exclusion Act went into effect, they mobilized. And they said, we are going to fight back.